Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 March 2017

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 18 March 2017, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Preston North End: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Preston North End 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 18 March 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Tom Barkhuizen opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Elliott Bennett (43') and Craig Conway (56'). Preston North End scored through Tom Barkhuizen (13') and Aiden McGeady (90+3').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 22nd on 39 points from 37 and Preston North End 8th on 57 points from 37. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 51 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Preston North End in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas João of Blackburn Rovers (7.7), ahead of Elliott Bennett (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 0 draws and 2 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 0-1
  • 43'Goal · Elliott BennettBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 56'Goal · Craig ConwayBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Greg CunninghamPreston North End
  • 77'Yellow card · C. MahoneyBlackburn Rovers
  • 87'Yellow card · Paul HuntingtonPreston North End
  • 90+3'Goal · Aiden McGeadyPreston North End · 2-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 1, draws 0, Preston North End 2.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Jason Steele, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Derrick Williams, Elliott Bennett, Jason Lowe, Danny Guthrie, Craig Conway, Marvin Emnes, Lucas João

Preston North End line-up (4-4-2)

Chris Maxwell, Tom Clarke, Andy Boyle, Paul Huntington, G. Cunningham, Daryl Horgan, Daniel Johnson, Ben Pearson, Aiden McGeady, Tom Barkhuizen, Jordan Hugill